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― glumdalclitch, Sunday, 24 January 2016 18:15 (eight years ago) link
Hahaha!
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Sunday, 24 January 2016 19:42 (eight years ago) link
she's good in labyrinth!
― flappy bird, Sunday, 24 January 2016 20:26 (eight years ago) link
Visconti breaks down Heroes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03g18sx
― Number None, Sunday, 24 January 2016 23:06 (eight years ago) link
(xp) Pretty sure she's a better actor than, er, David Bowie.
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 January 2016 23:19 (eight years ago) link
how dare u
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 24 January 2016 23:27 (eight years ago) link
also she was like 14 at the time!
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 24 January 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
LOL that explains the Big Lebowski joke, I've never seen Labyrinth!
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Sunday, 24 January 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
good now everyone's confused
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 25 January 2016 00:08 (eight years ago) link
wait bowie's dead?
― broderik f (darraghmac), Monday, 25 January 2016 00:41 (eight years ago) link
With the exception of The Man Who Fell To Earth, where he basically plays himself, Bowie is a disappointing actor. He's pretty wooden and his choice of projects wasn't too hot either.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 25 January 2016 01:25 (eight years ago) link
ha -- there is no "himself" with Bowie though
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:33 (eight years ago) link
He had sharp cameos in The Last Temptation of Christand The Prestige, did what he could with The Hunger, and did a good Bowie impersonation of Warhol in Basquiat; otherwise, I agree. His best perfs were in his videos.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:34 (eight years ago) link
Is it reading too much into it to think that mention of "Jesus' crazy stepbrother Terry" in the apocrypha of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is a Bowie reference?
― Hang Onto Your Selfie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
I really love Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence, and love Bowie in it, I don't know how much of that is justifiable and how much is down to seeing it at an impressionable age
― soref, Monday, 25 January 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
― Hang Onto Your Selfie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 January 2016 01:45 (eight years ago) link
His turn on Broadway in The Elephant Man was rapturously received. I wonder if they shot performances of that.
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 January 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
― Iago Galdston, Sunday, January 24, 2016 8:49 PM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHSQpdC_Y6E
― flappy bird, Monday, 25 January 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
Was thinking earlier today how a famous line from The Elephant Man echoes a lyric of "All The Young Dudes" but especially one in "Five Years."
― Hang Onto Your Selfie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 January 2016 02:04 (eight years ago) link
Thanks, flappy!
― Iago Galdston, Monday, 25 January 2016 02:17 (eight years ago) link
not disappointing you're insane lol
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 25 January 2016 04:50 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nSqDMqCJQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDkp7GysvbY
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 25 January 2016 04:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88_6SQKuTHk
Did he ever do a bad job acting?
He did some bad films, yeah, but .
― Mark G, Monday, 25 January 2016 07:08 (eight years ago) link
Come on. No he's not terrible, but he's pedestrian at best, aside from The Man Who Fell to Earth. Think about the unbelievable charisma he had as a rock star/performer - how much of that comes across in his acting? I watch his performance in The Prestige and think yes it's serviceable, but you get no notion of the presence he has in other media.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 25 January 2016 08:23 (eight years ago) link
I always find it awkward seeing Bowie act, saw Fire Walk With Me recently and his performance is cringeworthy
― niels, Monday, 25 January 2016 10:24 (eight years ago) link
He can't fucking act!
Just clearing that up for anyone in case of doubt.
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 25 January 2016 11:37 (eight years ago) link
There was a quote from Christopher Nolan about wanting him to play Tesla in The Prestige because of their shared otherworldy ahead-of-their-time-ness, but, as much as I really like The Prestige, Bowie's Tesla is just a bit... boring. And not really that otherworldly at all.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 25 January 2016 12:06 (eight years ago) link
He can just about manage, i.e. he's better than Madonna, Jagger or Dylan (what is it about pop stars?), but that's it really.
― Zelda Zonk, Monday, 25 January 2016 12:07 (eight years ago) link
ah been ta wunna thair meetins
― microtone policing (wins), Monday, 25 January 2016 12:14 (eight years ago) link
Who isn't a better actor than Bob Dylan though? (xp)
― The Return of the Thin White Pope (Tom D.), Monday, 25 January 2016 12:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8720XS-pquc
― thom yorke state of mind (voodoo chili), Monday, 25 January 2016 12:40 (eight years ago) link
that's probably the best bit I ever saw him in
dylan's definitely worse though
other way around, quite a few actors sing fine
― niels, Monday, 25 January 2016 12:51 (eight years ago) link
Ts: Bowie's acting Vs Actors that sing like Bowie
― Mark G, Monday, 25 January 2016 12:57 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxPwmjt7hRs
― Mark G, Monday, 25 January 2016 12:58 (eight years ago) link
feel like Bowie's acting is kinda like Scarlett Johansson's singing - there's an awkwardness to it that can play to their advantage, like it does on some of Scarlett's Waits material and (perhaps) Bowie's elephant man
― niels, Monday, 25 January 2016 13:18 (eight years ago) link
Scarlett Johansson is also not a very good actor.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Monday, 25 January 2016 13:26 (eight years ago) link
haha true
― niels, Monday, 25 January 2016 13:32 (eight years ago) link
Heh, forgot about this:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Bowi.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 25 January 2016 14:04 (eight years ago) link
and so it goes
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:05 (eight years ago) link
Don't think I've seen a single mention of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxIILfy_9IQ
― Meat Sheet (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:17 (eight years ago) link
There's a reason.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:20 (eight years ago) link
Cannot possibly imagine what that reason might be.
― Meat Sheet (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
When a friend and I got to the half hour mark after renting in spring '94 we thought, "Who's this mousy actor and why is allowed in front of the camera?"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:35 (eight years ago) link
Oh, is it a good film otherwise?
― Mark G, Monday, 25 January 2016 14:37 (eight years ago) link
He was ok in Basquiat, but it felt like winky-cameo-impression-as-affectionate-homage rather than an actor making any effort to inhabit a character.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 25 January 2016 14:38 (eight years ago) link
Not sure if this has been posted yet, but more albums coming:
http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/01/david-bowie-prepared-a-number-of-records-to-be-released-posthumously/
― Darin, Monday, 25 January 2016 15:32 (eight years ago) link
yeah I saw that, very intriguing
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Monday, 25 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
more compilations coming, it looks like
― Karl Malone, Monday, 25 January 2016 15:42 (eight years ago) link